I laughed happily as I hugged the daughter of Hermès. She hugged me back with a proud smile.

"The student has become the master." She said as we pulled away. I nodded.

"Now go and get some water, Percy," Luna told me. I nodded once more before leaving on my way to get water, and I ran into an old friend.

A boy his age with black hair and eyes that had shifted between red and sea green. The two eleven-year-olds looked like they could be identical twins. If not for the fact that the other boy seemed to be about twelve.

"Hey, Thanatos. Long time no see." He said.

"Hey, Zoi. Happy birthday." Thanatos told me. I smiled and repeated it back to him. Ok, let me explain.

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A nine-year-old Percy was traveling through the woods when suddenly a boy fell out of a tree's shadow. The boy groaned as he looked up Percy.

"Who are you?" The strange boy asked.

"I'm Perseus Jackson. But call me Percy." Our Percy responded.

"But that's impossible because I'm Percy." The other 'Percy' said.

"Who's your birth, father? Poseidon is, but he's dead to me." They both said at the same time.

"I love blue chocolate chip cookies!" They did it again.

"How is this possible?" Percy asked.

"I don't know. One minute I'm shadow traveling back from the mall the next it feels like I jumped through a glass window and ended up here." Said Percy.

"That's strange," Percy told Percy. "Wait, the shadow traveled! Who's your adopted godly parent?"

"Hades. You?"

"Artemis. But this shouldn't be possible."

"And yet here we are. Two of Percy's in the same place."

"We need to call each other something different. So we don't confuse ourselves. How do you feel about the code name Thanatos?" Percy asked.

"Sounds good to me. How do you feel about Zoi." Said the other Percy.

"Yup. Nice to meet you, Thanatos."

"Nice to meet you too, Zoi."

"Now, to find out how you got here." The two sat down and brainstormed.

"What if it's a multiverse theory?" Zoi offered.

"A what verse theory?" Was Thanatos' response.

"The multiverse theory. That multiple universes is all connected with each one being the tiniest bit different from the next."

"It would make sense." Thanatos checked his watch.

"Shit, I gotta go. Bye, Zoi."

"Bye Thanatos"

And with that, he left.

"What a strange boy." And with that, Percy went back to the hunt's campsite.

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Ok, there you go. Also, to try something new. I will now have poles for the next son of guidebook chapters within this for all my books. With that said:

1. Doctor Who references
2. James Cantu
3. Traveling worlds

Choose wisely.

-Red